XXII 



VALUABLE DONATION OF SCIENTIFIC BOOKS. 



[From the British Museum.] 



On Saturday, the 3rd inst. , the Council 

 of the Royal Society of Tasmania received 

 from the trustees of the British Museum 

 (Natural History), through the kind offices 

 of Sir Wm. Flower, K.C.M.G., F.R.S., the 

 Director of the Museum, a very valuable 

 gift of bound works, issued by the authori- 

 ties of the British Museum. The whole of 

 the works are beautifully illustrated, and 

 will form a valuable addition to the Society's 

 library. The following is a complete list of 

 the publications : — 



Catalogue of the Picariae in the collection 

 of the British Museum. Upupae and 

 Trochili, by Osberfc Salvin. Coraciae, of the 

 families Cypselidae, Caprimulgidae, Podar- 

 gidse, and Steatornithidae, by Ernst Hartert. 

 Vol. xvi., 1892. 



Coracise (contin.) and Halcyones, with 

 the families Leptosomatidae, Coraciidas, 

 Meropidae, Alcedinidae, Momotidae, Todidae, 

 and Coliida?, by B. Bowdier Sharpe. Buce- 

 rotes and Trogones, by VV. R. Ogilvie-Granfc. 

 Vol. xvn., 1892. 



Scansores and Coccyges, containing the 

 families Rbamphastidae, Galbulidee, and 

 Bucconidae, by P. L. Sclater, and the 

 families Indicatoridae, Capitonidse, Cuculic'ae, 

 and Musonhagidae, by G. E. Shelley. Vol. 

 xix., 1891. 



Catalogue of the Psittaci, or Parrots, in 

 the collection of the British Museum, by T. 

 Salvadori. Vol, xx, 1891. 



Catalogue of the Columbae, or Pigeons, in 

 the collection of the British Museum, by T. 

 Salvadori. Vol. xxi, 1893. 



Catalogue of the Game Birds (Pterocletes, 

 Gallinse, Opisthocomi, Hemipodii) in the 

 collection of the British Museum, by W. R. 

 Ogilvie-Grant. Vol. xxn. 



Catalogue of the Fulicariae (Rallidae and 

 Heliornitfcidse) and Alectorides (Aramidae, 

 Eurypygidae, Mesitidae, Rhinochetidae, 

 Gruidae, Psophiidae, and Otididse) in the 

 collection of the British Museum, by R. 

 Bowdier Sharpe. Vol. xxiii, 1894. 



Catalogue of the Limicolae in the collec- 

 tion of the British Museum, by R. Bowdier 

 Sharpe. Vol. xxiv, 1896. 

 #. Catalogue of the Gaviae and Tubinares in 

 the collection of the British Museum. 

 Gaviae (Terns, Gulls and Skuas), by Howard 

 Saunders. Tubinares (Petrels and Alba- 

 trosses, by Osbert Salvin. Vol. xxv, 1896. 



Catalogue of the Chenomorpbae (Pala- 

 medcac, Phcenicopteri, Anseres), Crypturi, 

 and Ratitoi, in the Collection of the British 

 Museum. By T. Salvadori. Vol. xxvu., 1895. 

 Catalogue of the Perciform Fishes in the 

 British Museum. Second edition. Vol. i., 

 containing the Centrurchidse, Percidae, and 

 Serranidaa (part). By Georee Albert Bou- 

 lenger, F.R.S. Vol. I., 1895. 



Catalogue of the Snakes in the British 

 Museum, Vol. I., containing the families 

 Typhlopidae, Glauconiidae, Boidae, Ilysiidae, 

 Urcpeltidae, Xenopeltidae, and Colubridae, 

 Aglyphae. Part 1893. By George Albert Bou- 

 lenger. Vol. n , containing the conclusion of 

 the Colubridae Aglypbae. By George Albert 

 Boulenger, F.R.S. , 1894. Vol. in., contain- 

 ing the Colubridae (Opisthoglypbae and Prq- 

 teroglyphae) Amblycephalidae and Viperidae. 

 By George Albert Boulenger, F.R.S., 1896. 



Descriptive Catalogue of the Spiders of 

 Burmah, based upon the collection made by 

 Eugene W. Oates, and preserved in the 

 British Museum. By T. Thorell, 1895. 



Catalogue of the British Echinoderms in 

 the British Museum (Nacural History.) By 

 F. Jeffrey Bell, M.A., 1892. 



Catalogue of the Fossil Birds in the 

 British Museum, Natural History. By 

 Richard Lydekker, B.A., 1891. 



Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the 

 British Museum (Natural History) Part in., 

 containing the Actinopterygian Teleostomi of 

 the orders ChondroBtei (concluded) Pro- 

 tospondyli, Aetheospondyli, and Isospondyli 

 (in part). By Arthur Smith Woodward, 

 F.G.S., F.Z.S., 1895. 



Catalogue of the Mesozoic Plants in the 

 Department of Geology, British Museum :— 

 "The Wealden Flora," Parti.; Thallophyta- 

 Pteridophyta, Plates i.-xi., Part n. ; Gym- 

 nospermae, Plates i.-xx. By A. C. Seward, 

 M.A., F.G.S., University Lecturer in 

 Botany, Cambridge, 1894. 



Systematic Yi»t of the Frederick E. 

 Edwards' collection of British Oligocene and 

 Eocene Mollusca in the British Museum, with 

 references to the type specimens from similar 

 horizons contained in other collections 

 belonging to the Geological Department of 

 the Museum, by Richard Bullen Newton, 

 F.G.S., 1891. 



Catalogue of the Fossil Bryozoa, in the 

 Department of Geology, British Museum. 



